The credits show that they think they are making an attempt at discussing race, gender and class, but the table of contents do not list anything other than the traditional male Euro-centric view. Why are African American history, Native American History, Mexican American history, the history of women's rights, etc. often left out as if that is not also US history? I wonder what the demographics/ethnicity/gender of the authors are....
Ahhhh.... I see. Textbooks all around have so many problems, and I was looking at the really cheap price on this one because it's a Creative Commons license.
The credits show that they think they are making an attempt at discussing race, gender and class, but the table of contents do not list anything other than the traditional male Euro-centric view. Why are African American history, Native American History, Mexican American history, the history of women's rights, etc. often left out as if that is not also US history? I wonder what the demographics/ethnicity/gender of the authors are....
ReplyDeleteAhhhh.... I see. Textbooks all around have so many problems, and I was looking at the really cheap price on this one because it's a Creative Commons license.
ReplyDeletewhy not start off teaching this one? Open veins of Latin America: Five centuries of the pillage of a continent--by Eduardo Galeano
ReplyDeleteI think I might give that a shot!
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